Brief Life History of Elizabeth
When Elizabeth Dilworth was born on 3 January 1829, in Chester, Delaware, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Caleb Dilworth, was 44 and her mother, Eliza Wollerton, was 35. She married George Nebeker II on 13 February 1851, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 7 daughters. She lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States for about 60 years. She died on 8 February 1911, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Elizabeth Nebeker in household of George Nebeker, "United States Census, 1850"
- Elizabeth Dilworth Nebeker, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"
- Elizabeth Dilworth in entry for Vilate Kimball Nebeker Bennion, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"
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1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
1847
Historical Boundaries: 1848: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1868: Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
English (Lancashire): habitational name from Dilworth in Lancashire, named from Old English dile ‘dill’ (a medicinal and culinary herb) + worth ‘enclosure’.
Irish (Tyrone): English surname adopted by bearers of the Gaelic name Ó Dubhluachra ‘descendant of Dubhluachra’, a compound of dubh ‘black’ + luachair ‘rushes’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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